When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.
Satisfactory mainstream entertainment, with a handful of major actors in juicy minor roles tossed in for good measure.
– Charles Taylor,
Salon.com,
1 Jan 2000
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Coppola has infused The Rainmaker with enough humor, character, honest emotion and storytelling style to make it one of the year's most entertaining movies.
– Jack Mathews,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb 2001
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Coppola adapted the novel himself, and he's done a good job of paring it down.
– Ruthe Stein,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
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This competent, anonymous legal drama (scripted by Michael Herr) is the best John Grisham adaptation yet.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
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Coppola has never been particularly known for his comic touch, but here he seems bent on leavening the melodrama with as many laughs as possible, and they are generally honest and well-earned.